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    "id": 112688,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Shabesh",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this Bill which was brought by our colleague, Mr. Mututho, on the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill. When Mr. Mututho was moving his Bill, he gave us a lot of facts and figures. What caught my attention was how many Ministries are actually involved with the issue of alcohol and the way that alcohol is affecting not only our young people but also our labour force as well as those who are working in the civil society and the education system. First and foremost, the issue seems to be concentrated in one constituency. By this, I mean one general area that was being discussed. I would like to ask the hon. Members to look at Nairobi. In Nairobi, we have the Kariobangi Light Industries. We also have the Kariakor sheds. We have garages where people repair cars. If you go there now, you will find that the young people who work there are no longer productive. In fact, you will find older people working as mechanics. You will find older people working in Kariobangi Light Industries. This is because there has come about these cheap drinks that are being sold in the name of kumi kumi and therefore, our labour force has been depleted. So much has been said about the effect of this alcohol. I want to speak about the effect of alcohol on women. Women in this country have a right to give birth. The right to give birth means that you have to have a productive man who can help you give birth. We cannot give birth on our own. It is unfortunate that right now in some of the areas that have been spoken about here, women can no longer give birth because their men are no longer productive. In fact, many women go and collect their men in wheelbarrows from the roadsides to take them home. I know of women in Kangemi who demonstrated and said that they would rather be without husbands than to have husbands---"
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